A Close Admirer
Chapter 7: A True Hero (Part 3)
It was the day after the Malachite twins had failed in their job of kidnapping Ruby and helping Yang look like a hero in front of her. The two sisters were currently in team RWBY's dorm with the three older members of the team, getting yelled at by a certain angry blonde.
''I can't believe how badly you two messed this up!'' Yang angrily yelled at the Malachite twins. ''All you two managed to do was make Pyrrha look like a hero in front of Jaune! She got to carry her crush back to Beacon in her arms and everything! Now there are rumors floating about them getting together even! That was supposed to happen with me and Ruby! Do you have any idea how jealous I am of Pyrrha right now!?''
''Hey, it wasn't exactly our fault!'' Melanie yelled back. ''You should have known that there are three Dust shops called Dust Til Dawn in the city! How were we supposed to know which one she would be at!?''
''Yeah! Besides, you should have warned us about that crazy red gorilla!'' Miltia shouted. ''Neither of us could even lay a finger on her and had to run for our lives! If we hadn't jumped off a bridge, she would have killed us!''
''I'm surprised that those two managed to survive,'' Blake said to Weiss. ''Not many could survive something like that.''
''I'm just glad that I never accepted Jaune's proposals,'' Weiss said with a pale face. ''I can't help but shudder at the thought of what would have happened, if I had gone on a date with him or something like that.''
''Would you two focus!?'' Yang yelled at her teammates before turning her attention back to the twins. ''Now, you two are going to go and do this properly and not make any more dumb mistakes! Understood!?''
''To hell with that! We aren't doing this anymore!'' Miltia responded angrily.
''Yeah! No way are we going to risk facing the redhead gorilla again!'' Melanie added as she and her sister got up and started to walk towards the door. ''If you want help, go ask someone else! I'm sure Torchwick would love to assist you!''
''Hang on a second, you can't just leave!'' the blonde shouted, stopping the twins. ''Your boss has said that we could use you for as long as we wanted, so you're not walking away from this!''
''You can't be serious!'' the twins yelled in shock.
''Call him, if you don't believe me.''
Melanie pulled out her Scroll and called Junior to see if Yang was telling the truth. After about two minutes of talking, the white-clad twin put her Scroll away.
''It's true. The boss said that he got another check from the Schnee and that we have to do this,'' Melanie said in a depressed tone to her sister. ''On the plus side, we both get a lifetime supply of strawberry ice cream.''
''See? Now you have no choice but to help us,'' Yang said with an evil grin. She then heard something from the other side of the room and ran up to the door to listen more closely. Her eyes went wide as she realized what it was. ''Crap! Ruby's coming! Get out of here quick!''
Before either of the twins could really do anything, they were thrown out of the window by the blonde. The two girls crashed to the ground painfully, leaving behind small craters.
''You know what, sis? I'm starting to think that none of this is worth what we're getting,'' Miltia said to her twin.
''Funny you should say that. I was just thinking the same thing,'' Melanie replied.
The next day, Ruby was sitting in a small cafe, enjoying some cookies and a cup of hot chocolate. Unknown to her, one of the waitresses had been replaced by the Malachite twins, with Melanie putting on her uniform.
''Why do I have to do this, sis?'' the white-clad twin asked in a sad tone. ''This outfit doesn't look good at all.''
''Because you lost at rock-paper-scissors,'' Miltia answered.
''I know that. But why can't we do this in our normal clothes?''
''That's because blondie would kill us, if we harmed that girl in any way. Remember the talk we had before we set out to do this?''
Melanie thought back to when earlier that day Yang had given them instructions on their job. The blonde ended it by saying how she heard about the twins roughing up Jaune and told them that she would end their lives painfully, if they did it to Ruby. Thanks to her eyes glowing red and her hair burning up in her anger, the Malachite twins swore that the redhead wouldn't be harmed. In fact, they would stay away from her as far as possible, once their job was done.
''Oh right... That's why,'' Melanie said with a gulp, thinking about how terrifying Yang had been. ''I'm going to see her in my nightmares from now on.''
''And that's exactly why we can't mess this up,'' Miltia said as she handed a tray with a mug of hot chocolate to her sister. ''Now go there and get this done already!''
The white-clad twin let out a sigh as she started to make her way towards their target. Once she got to Ruby's table, she placed the mug on it, causing the redheaded girl to look at her in surprise.
''Miss, I don't think that I ordered that,'' Ruby said as she pointed at the mug.
''It's on the house, honey,'' Melanie said and gave the young team leader a wink before walking away.
Ruby looked at the new mug of chocolate with surprised eyes before beginning to happily drink it. She managed to drink about half of it before she suddenly started to feel very sleepy. The redhead soon fell unconscious over her table.
Before any of the other staff could go and see what was wrong with Ruby, Miltia ran up to her, pretending to be her friend.
''Oh no! Did you fall asleep again, Ruby!?'' the red-clad twin said while acting very badly. ''I guess there's no helping it! I have to carry you back!''
Miltia gathered the unconscious girl in her arms and started to drag her to the exit, while whistling in an effort to make herself look innocent. However, one of the waitresses cleared her throat very loudly, causing the gangster girl to stop. Miltia turned to look at the waitress, who was glaring at her.
''Excuse me, but could you perhaps leave her?'' the waitress asked with barely hidden anger. ''I have a feeling that we can't exactly trust you with her.''
''What!? Of course you can trust me!'' Miltia lied as she started to sweat. ''There's nothing to worry about me! Nothing at all! I'm just one of your average, law-abiding citizens! Not a member of any type of a criminal organization or anything like that! Nothing shady about me at all!''
''...I think I'm going to call the-''
Before the waitress could finish her threat, Melanie hit her over the head with her tray as hard as she could. Once the waitress was out cold, the white-themed twin ran to her sister and helped her with carrying Ruby.
''Quick! Let's make a run for it!'' Melanie yelled to her sister before the two of them ran out of the cafe while carrying their sleeping target.
Some time later, Ruby began to wake up in an abandoned building. She soon found out that she was unable to move, as she had been tied to a chair with duct tape. A piece of it was covering her mouth as well, silencing any cries of help from her.
The redhead looked around herself in a panic, trying to figure out where she was. She soon heard the sound of footsteps coming towards and turned to look where the sound was coming from. There Ruby saw two twin girls walking towards her. She started to sweat from fear, as she could only wonder what they were planning to do to her.
''Well, well, look who's awake,'' Melanie said with a smirk. ''We had to go through a lot of trouble to get you.''
After the white-clad twin spoke, there was a brief silence, like the twins were waiting for something. Melanie then nudged her sister a bit, gaining her attention.
''Go on!'' the white gangster whispered to her twin. ''Give her the speech!''
''Huh? Was that my job?'' Miltia asked.
''Yes, it was your job! I took care of the kidnapping, so you take care of the speech!'' Melanie answered.
''...I can't remember it. How did it go again?''
''Oh, for the love of-!'' the white twin said angrily as she dug through her pockets and pulled out a piece of paper. ''Here! Just read this.''
While Miltia was reading the paper, Ruby was staring at the twins with a raised eyebrow. While she had been scared of them at first, her fear was quickly being washed away. Seeing the two gangsters fumble around the way they did made them look rather unthreatening.
Suddenly, Miltia looked up from the piece of paper in her hands with a frown on her face. She turned towards her sister and said, ''I'm not saying any of this.''
''What!? But that's your job!'' Melanie cried out angrily. ''I took care of my part and now you have to do yours! How can you just quit in the middle of all this!?''
''Just take a look at this ''speech'' and you'll understand,'' Miltia answered as she handed the piece of paper back to her sister.
The white-clad twin took the paper and read what was written on it. As soon as she did this, her eyes went wide with surprise and shock, until she started frowning upon reading it all the way through. The speech that Yang had prepared for them did not meet the twins' expectations.
''What the hell is this!?'' Melanie asked angrily. ''This is nothing but cliche villain lines that you wouldn't even see in cartoons these days, along with evil laughter written in here as well! And our ''diabolical plan'' is to eliminate all the cookies in the world!? What kind of a moron writes this kind of crap!?''
''You tell me. I have no idea,'' Miltia said.
While the twins were having their moment, Ruby was staring at them blankly. All the fear that she had been feeling not too long ago had just completely disappeared. The redhead didn't believe that she was in any real danger anymore. She felt like she was the victim of a very bad prank, and whoever was responsible for it would pay.
''This is stupid. I'll just text that idiot, so we can get this over with,'' Melanie grumbled angrily as she took out her Scroll and started to write a message for Yang. At this point, the gangster twins just wanted to end the whole ''act'' they had been forced into doing.
After about a couple of minutes of waiting, Yang leaped from the shadows and landed in front of the Malachite twins in her Lady Ember outfit. The disguised girl pulled out her rapier and pointed it at the criminal duo, like she was challenging them to a duel.
''Ha! I see you scum have taken my fair maiden as your captive! Such a crime I can't look away from, as I am Lady Ember! The defender of justice and love! And I shall make you cry for forgiveness over what you've done to my beloved Ruby Rose! Come at me, you filthy dogs!'' Yang declared with a cocky smirk on her face, as she prepared for her ''epic duel'' with the twins.
While the blonde was doing her little act, the Malachite twins were staring at her with wide eyes. Neither of the two girls could say anything, as they were stunned by just how lame their employer was being.
Ruby was also staring at the masked lady, but her stare was one of fury. She knew that her admirer was behind all of this somehow and she would make her pay for it.
''Speechless over how stunning I look? Doesn't matter! I shall still deliver justice to you!'' Yang exclaimed as she went to attack Miltia with her rapier.
''Wait! I'm not-!'' the red-clad girl tried to say, but was cut off as the blonde's attack hit her. However, instead of being harmed like she was expecting, the sword simply snapped in half.
''Oh right... Plastic weapons aren't exactly suited for fighting,'' Yang said to herself, as she looked at her broken sword.
Upon seeing the disguised girl's failure, the Malachite twins looked at each other. Without saying a single word, the two gangsters agreed on one thing. This whole thing had gone too far and they were going to stop it immediately.
''THAT DOES IT!'' Melanie screamed angrily, shocking Yang. ''We've had it with this idiotic little play of yours!''
''It's about time we gave you what you deserved!'' Miltia said as angrily as her sister. Both twins then started to stomp towards the masked girl while cracking their knuckles.
''H-Hang on! Hang on!'' Yang said in an attempt at stopping the furious gangster girls. ''Let's talk about this, okay?''
The blonde's pleas fell on deaf ears as the Malachite twins proceeded to give her a beating that she would never forget. Once they were finished, they left Yang laying on the floor while they made their way out of the building.
''And one more thing! If you ever need someone's help in your dumb plans, don't bother asking for us!'' Melanie left before she and her sister left.
''Ow... Some people just refuse to be reasonable,'' Yang mumbled to herself while rubbing her sore body. She then froze still as she felt like something horrifying was staring at her. The blonde slowly turned to look behind her to see Ruby staring at her with the angriest look on her face that Yang had ever seen. Despite the younger girl being tied to a chair, Yang felt like she was staring at the Grimm Reaper himself at that moment.
''Ummm... I-I didn't forget about you! I'm g-going to untie you r-right now!'' the disguised blonde said with a smile as she tried her best to hide her fear. She slowly made her way to the tied up girl and stood in front of her. ''N-Now, I'm going t-to start with t-the tape on your m-mouth, okay? N-Now don't be t-too angry.''
As gently as possible, Yang took the tape off the redhead's mouth. However, Ruby didn't say anything. She just continued to stare angrily at the masked lady.
''R-Ruby? Is everything a-alright?'' Yang asked while fearing the answer.
''If you untie me right now, I'll give you ten seconds,'' Ruby said.
''T-Ten seconds?''
''After those ten seconds, I'm going to make you wish that you had never been born.''
''...A-Actually, you know what?'' Yang asked while backing away from Ruby. ''I d-don't think that I c-can untie you. Those t-ties seem a bit t-too d-difficult for me. I think I-I'll have to ask someone else to h-help with that.''
''DON'T YOU DARE RUN AWAY FROM ME!'' the redhead roared in her fury. ''YOU GET OVER HERE AND FREE ME RIGHT NOW, SO I CAN GIVE YOU JUST WHAT YOU DESERVE! UNDERSTOOD!?''
''I'll get you help! I promise that you won't have to wait for long!'' the disguised blonde managed to say while running away from Ruby in fear. As she did this, she left a wet trail on the floor from wetting her pants.
While Ruby continued to scream in fury, she didn't notice how Weiss and Blake were hiding in the room. The monochrome duo was hiding behind a stack of boxes that was in there and they had recorded every second of Yang's embarrassing act. Right now, they were trying their best to not burst out in laughter, so that their team leader wouldn't find out about them.
Author's notes: This will be the last time in this story that Yang tries to become Ruby's hero, I swear. I'm currently trying to finish this story, so that I can move on to other projects. There also won't be many chapters to this story after this. We are pretty close to the end right now.
Hope you guys have liked the story so far and check out the other chapters, when they're ready.
Until next time.
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